An outline of the history and cure of fever, endemic and contagious : more expressly the contagious fevers of jails, ships, & hospitals, the concentrated endemic, vulgarly called the yellow fever of the West Indies : to which is added, an explanation of the principles of military discipline & economy, with a scheme of medical arrangement for the army : and a refuation of the strictures made by the late Dr. Currie on that part of the work which relates to the affusion of cold water on the surface / by Robert Jackson, M.D.
- Robert Jackson
- Date:
- 1808
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An outline of the history and cure of fever, endemic and contagious : more expressly the contagious fevers of jails, ships, & hospitals, the concentrated endemic, vulgarly called the yellow fever of the West Indies : to which is added, an explanation of the principles of military discipline & economy, with a scheme of medical arrangement for the army : and a refuation of the strictures made by the late Dr. Currie on that part of the work which relates to the affusion of cold water on the surface / by Robert Jackson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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